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is a flying disc game, played with a flying disc and two cans in which you deflect the disc into the can. Many other rules variants for ultimate are played on a regular basis, either to accommodate the number of available players, speed up certain elements of the game, or to help a team practice specific aspects of their strategy.
A flying disc with the Wham-O registered trademark "Frisbee". A frisbee (pronounced / ˈ f r ɪ z b iː / FRIZ-bee), also called a flying disc or simply a disc, is a gliding toy or sporting item generally made of injection-molded plastic and roughly 20 to 25 centimetres (8 to 10 in) in diameter with a pronounced lip.
On June 24, 1947, civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold reported a sighting of 'flying discs'. By June 27, disc sightings were being reported nation-wide. [1]On July 1, Twin Falls Times-News declared that "flying saucers have invaded" the Twin Falls region after a forest ranger and his companion reported seeing eight to ten "discs" flying in a V-shaped formation over Galena Summit. [2]
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Flying disc motifs were used in toys and other novelties soon after the earliest reports. The frisbee was released in 1948 and initially branded the "flying saucer". [ 135 ] Flying saucer candy was introduced in the 1950s when a Belgian producer of communion wafers had a dip in sales. [ 136 ]
Ed Headrick's Flying Disc Entrapment Device Patent 4039189. The first disc golf target made with chains that became the standard for disc golf. In 1977, Headrick and his son Ken developed the modern basket catch for disc golf, US Patent 4,039,189, [ 4 ] titled Flying Disc Entrapment Device, which they trademarked "Disc Pole Hole".
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [32] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
April 3–6: College Disc Golf National Championships in Rock Hill; April 25–28: PDGA Champions Cup in Morton; June 7–9: United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship in Milford; June 11–15: Masters Disc Golf World Championships in Emporia; July 16–20: Junior Disc Golf World Championships in Tulsa; July 17–21: European Open in Nokia